replace outdated macos-13 runner (nim-lang#25155)

Author: narimiran

.github/workflows/ci_packages.yml

@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
-        cpu: [amd64]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-14]
         batch: ["allowed_failures", "0_3", "1_3", "2_3"] # list of `index_num`
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            cpu: amd64
+          - os: macos-14
+            cpu: arm64
     name: '${{ matrix.os }} (batch: ${{ matrix.batch }})'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 60 # refs bug #18178
@@ -41,11 +45,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Install dependencies (Linux amd64)'
         if: runner.os == 'Linux' && matrix.cpu == 'amd64'
         run: |
-          sudo apt-fast update -qq
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
           DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' \
-            sudo apt-fast install --no-install-recommends -yq \
+            sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -yq \
               libcurl4-openssl-dev libgc-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsfml-dev \
-              valgrind libc6-dbg libblas-dev xorg-dev
+              valgrind libc6-dbg libblas-dev liblapack-dev libpcre3 xorg-dev
       - name: 'Install dependencies (macOS)'
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
         run: brew install boehmgc make sfml gtk+3

testament/important_packages.nim

@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ pkg "argparse"
 pkg "arraymancer", "nimble install -y; nimble uninstall -i -y nimcuda; nimble install [email protected]; nim c tests/tests_cpu.nim"
 pkg "ast_pattern_matching", "nim c -r tests/test1.nim"
 pkg "asyncftpclient", "nimble compileExample"
-pkg "asyncthreadpool", "nimble test --mm:refc"
+when not defined(arm64):
+  pkg "asyncthreadpool", "nimble test --mm:refc"
 pkg "awk"
 pkg "bigints"
 pkg "binaryheap", "nim c -r binaryheap.nim"
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ pkg "comprehension", "nimble test", "https://github.com/alehander92/comprehensio
 pkg "confutils", "nimble install -y toml_serialization json_serialization unittest2; nimble test"
 pkg "constantine", "nimble make_lib"
 pkg "cowstrings", "nim c -r tests/tcowstrings.nim"
-pkg "criterion"
+when not defined(arm64):
+  pkg "criterion"
 pkg "dashing", "nim c tests/functional.nim"
 pkg "datamancer"
 pkg "delaunay"
@@ -121,7 +123,8 @@ pkg "nimpy", "nim c -r tests/nimfrompy.nim"
 pkg "nimquery"
 pkg "nimsl"
 pkg "nimsvg"
-pkg "nimterop", "nimble minitest", url = "https://github.com/nim-lang/nimterop"
+when not defined(arm64):
+  pkg "nimterop", "nimble minitest", url = "https://github.com/nim-lang/nimterop"
 pkg "nimwc", "nim c nimwc.nim"
 pkg "nitter", "nim c src/nitter.nim", "https://github.com/zedeus/nitter"
 pkg "noise"
@@ -133,7 +136,8 @@ pkg "optionsutils"
 pkg "ormin", "nim c -o:orminn ormin.nim"
 pkg "parsetoml"
 pkg "patty"
-pkg "pixie"
+when not defined(arm64):
+  pkg "pixie"
 pkg "plotly", "nim c examples/all.nim"
 pkg "pnm"
 pkg "polypbren"
@@ -177,7 +181,8 @@ pkg "unicodeplus", "nim c -d:release -r tests/tests.nim"
 pkg "union", "nim c -r tests/treadme.nim", url = "https://github.com/alaviss/union"
 pkg "unittest2"
 pkg "unpack"
-pkg "weave", "nimble install -y cligen@#HEAD; nimble test_gc_arc", useHead = true
+when not defined(arm64):
+  pkg "weave", "nimble install -y cligen@#HEAD; nimble test_gc_arc", useHead = true
 pkg "websock", "nim c -d:chronosStrictException -d:chronicles_log_level=INFO --mm:refc tests/all_tests.nim"
 pkg "websocket", "nim c websocket.nim"
 pkg "with"